Eliot’s collection of whimsical poems, “Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.” Cats premiered in the London’s West End in 1981 and on Broadway in 1982. Lloyd Webber followed with Cats in 1981, which is set to T.S. The original production ran for eight years and became the longest-running production in British musical theater history. The success of the album led to an onstage debut in 1971. Initially, they were unable to get backing for a stage production, so they released the musical score as an album. In the following year, Lloyd Webber collaborated with Rice again to write the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar. It was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat based on the Bible story of "Joseph and his Coat of Many Colors." It started as a 20-minute "pop-cantata" and grew with each performance to become a two-hour show.
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER CHILDREN PROFESSIONAL
Soon after college, Andrew Lloyd Webber staged his first professional production with lyricist Tim Rice. By the age of nine he was staging his own puppet theater productions with the help of his brother Julian and his Aunt Viola.Īt 13 Andrew had composed his first stage musical, which he called Cinderella Up the Beanstalk and Most Everywhere Else. By the age of six he had also taken an interest in the French horn and composing his own music. His father was the director of the London College of Music and his mother was a piano teacher.Įngland is the home of Big Ben, fish and chips, and the Beatles.Īt the age of three Andrew started playing the piano and violin. Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-Present) English Musical Theater ComposerĪndrew Lloyd Webber was born in London, England in 1948.
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